EUDOXIA 
 
 
        O sirs, was sic difference seen 
          As 'twix wee Will and Tam, 
        The ane's a perfect ettercap, 
          The ither's just a lamb. 
                   W. Miller, Nursery Songs. 
 
  Ettrick Shepherd (The), James Hogg, 
the Scotch Poet, who was born in the 
forest of Ettrick, in Selkirkshire, and was 
in early life a shepherd (1772-1835). 
 
  Etty's Nine Pictures, "the Combat," 
the three "Judith" pictures, "Benaiah," 
"Ulysses and the Syrens," and the three 
pictures of "Joan of Arc." 
  "My aim," says Etty, "in all my great 
pictures has been to paint some great moral on 
the heart. 'The Combat' represents the beauty 
of mercy; the three 'Judith ' pictures, patriotism 
[1, self-devotion to God; 2, self-devotion to man; 3, 
self-devotion to country ; [' Benaiah, David's chief 
captain,' represents valor; 'Ulysses and the 
Syrens,' sensual delights or the wages of sin is 
death; and the three pictures of 'Joan of Arc' 
depict religion, loyalty and patriotism. In all, 
nine in number, as it was my desire to paint 
three.-William Etty, of York (1787--1849). 
 
  Et'zel or Ezzel (i. e. Attila), king of 
the Huns, in the songs of the German 
minnesingers. A ruler over three king- 
doms and thirty principalities. His sec- 
ond wife was Kriemhild, the widow of 
Siegfried. In pt ii. of the Niebelungen 
Lied, he sees his sons and liegemen struck 
down without making the least effort to 
save them, and is as unlike the Attila of 
history as a " hector" is to the noble Tro- 
jan "the protector of mankind." 
 
  Eu'charis, one of the nymphs of Calyp- 
so, with whom Telemachos was deeply 
smitten. Mentor, knowing his love was 
sensual love, hurried him away from the 
island. He afterwards fell in love with 
Anti'opt, and Mentor approved his choice. 
-F6nelon, Tilemaque, vii. (1700). 
  (Eucharis is meant for Mdlle. de Fon- 
 
 
tange, maid of honor to Mde. de Montes- 
pan. For a few months she was a favorite 
with Louis XIV., but losing her good 
looks she was discarded, and died at the 
age of 20. She used to dress her hair with 
streaming ribbons, and hence this style of 
head-gear was called 4 la Fontange. 
 
  Eu'clio, a penurious old hunks.-Plau- 
tus, Aulularia. 
  Now you must explain all this to me, unless 
you would have me use you as ill as Euelio does 
Staphy'la.-Sir W. Scott. 
 
  Eu'erates (3 syl.), the miller, and one 
of the archons of Athens. A shuffling 
fellow, always evading   his duty   and 
breaking his promise; hence the Latin 
proverb: 
  Vias novit, quibus effugiat Eucrates (" He has 
more shifts than Eucrates "). 
 
  Eudo'cia (4 syl.), daughter of Eu'- 
menes, governor of Damascus. Pho'cyas, 
general of the Syrian forces, being in love 
with her, asks the consent of Eumen~s, 
and is refused. In revenge, he goes over 
to the Arabs, who are beseiging Damascus. 
Eudocia is taken captive, but refuses to 
wed a traitor. At the end, Pho'cyas dies, 
and Eudocia retires into a nunnery.- 
John Hughes, The Siege of     Damascus 
(1720). 
 
  Eudon (Count) of Catabria. A baron 
favorable to the Moors, "too weak-mind- 
ed to be independent." When the Span- 
iards rose up against the Moors, the first 
order of the Moorish chief was this: 
"Strike off Count Eudon's head: the fear 
which brought him to our camp will bring 
him else in arms against us now" (ch. 
xxv.). Southey, Roderick, etc., xiii. (1814). 
 
  Eudox'ia, wife of the Emperor Valen- 
tin'ian. Petro'nius Max'imus "poisoned" 
 
 
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